EA: LIFTED_ATMOSPHERE_STABILITY_INDEX
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
567
Concept definition:
A stability index used to determine the occurrence of severe weather; lifted atmosphere stability index. The lifted atmosphere stability index, LI, is defined by LI = T
5
- LT
S
(degrees Celsius), where T
5
is the dry-bulb <<
AIR_TEMPERATURE
>> at 500 hectopascals and LT
S
is the <<
AIR_TEMPERATURE
>> of a parcel of <
AIR
> at the <
PLANETARY_SURFACE
> lifted adiabatically to 500 hectopascals.
Attribute value type:
REAL
Unit equivalence class label:
THERMO_TEMPERATURE
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO182
, L0470, "lifted index - LI"]
Supplemental references:
Group membership:
ATMOSPHERE
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